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You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.
